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Finally, new footage of our favorite family. By Frazier Tharpe July 6, 2021 Brian Cox in Succession.Courtesy of HBO. [embedded content] It’s been 632 days since the Succession season 2 finale restored monocultural TV viewing with a beautifully Shakespearean press conference and one of the most intentionally inscrutable, hotly debated facial reactions in recent history.

Camae Ayewa has announced her next album as Moor Mother: Black Encyclopedia of the Air is out September 17 via her new label Anti-. To accompany the announcement, Moor Mother has today shared a new single called ‘Obsidian’, which features Pink Siifu and arrives with an Ari Marcopoulos–directed video. Check it out below and scroll down

Madrid’s The Parrots have announced their next album: Dos arrives October 19 via Heavenly Recordings. Along with the album news, the band have also shared a video for the new single ‘You Work All Day and Then You Die’. Check out the Joaquin Luna-directed visual and find the album art and tracklist below. The Parrots

Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins

Lightning Bug have come a long way since releasing their debut album, Floaters, back in 2015. Following the success of 2019’s mesmeric October Song, the New York-based indie rock band – founded by primary songwriter and singer Audrey Kang, guitarist Kevin Copeland, and engineer Logan Miley – signed to Fat Possum, with drummer Dane Hagen

Swedish psych collective Goat have announced a new rarities album, Headsoup, and shared a new track called ‘Queen of the Underground’. Spanning the band’s career between 2012 and 2017, the album will include standalone singles, B-sides, and two brand new songs. It’s out August 27 via Rocket Recordings. Listen to ‘Queen of the Underground’ below,

Vintage Porsches, smoked salmon pizza, double-breasted blazers: your parents’ cheesy signifiers are back, and they’ve never felt cooler. By Jason Diamond July 1, 2021 Getty Images; Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson Once you notice it, you start seeing it everywhere. It’s the 1989 BMW 325i buzzing down your street with the top down, piloted by

The Mountain Goats have come a long, vibrant way since the emergence of John Darnielle’s project in 1991. The new 12-track album Dark in Here, brought to life by Darnielle, John Wurster, Peter Hughes, Matt Douglas and several guests, epitomises the buoyant power of collaboration. Speaking to their productivity amidst the pandemic, the record marks

One of the most anticipated films of 2020, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet tackles some big ideas. The genre-blending epic follows the Protagonist, a nameless CIA operative who must investigate the origins of a new kind of weaponry. Sometime in the future, someone has found a way to manipulate objects so that they can travel backward through time. The

From space flight to slashers, there’s a book for every circumstance this post-pandemic season. By The Editors of GQ July 1, 2021 Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson Whether you’re hitting the beach or the couch this holiday weekend, you should bring a book. There’s a flood of awesome reading this summer, and while you can’t read

These days, many of us turn to modern technology to find out all sorts of information. In the past, getting information about anything could be a long-winded and time-consuming process that was inconvenient and stressful. However, these days, you can look up information online in next to no time by turning to internet technology, and

Grimes has shared an update about her next album, saying that the follow-up to 2020’s Miss Anthropocene will be a “space opera” about two AIs that “fall into a lesbian romance.” As The AV Club points out, Grimes left a comment in response to a fan asking what the “vibez” on the new album will

The prolific songwriter finally gives a peek into her own story on her first album, The Longest Interlude. By Jewel Wicker July 2, 2021 StarrahCourtesy of Aboveground When Starrah was awarded ASCAP’s Pop Songwriter of the Year award in 2018 for writing songs such as Drake’s “Fake Love” and Camilla Cabello’s “Havana,” she did so

South London artist Matt Maltese has announced his third album: Good Morning It’s Now Tomorrow arrives October 8 via Nettwerk. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the lead single ‘Shoe’, alongside an accompanying video. Check it out below, and find the album’s cover art and tracklist, too. “It’s a sincere, slightly warped march in the

The fantastical worlds Chrystia Cabral creates as SPELLLING seem to grow and expand at an alarming rate, as if refusing to abide by the laws of nature. The Bay Area artist’s 2017 debut, Pantheon of Me, built dark, atmospheric soundscapes using loops of her voice, reverberating guitar, and synths; even at its most bare, her

Janelle Monáe has released a new song called ‘Stronger’, which appears in the new animated Netflix series We the People. The show, which was produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, also features contributions from Lin Manuel-Miranda, Cordae, H.E.R., Adam Lambert, and more. Listen to ‘Stronger’ below. Since releasing her 2018 album Dirty Computer, Monáe has

No Sudden Move is another entry in one of film’s greatest crime ouevres. By Keith Phipps July 1, 2021 Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson In the opening moments of No Sudden Move a steely-eyed, fedora-clad Don Cheadle strides through a declining corner of 1950s Detroit to the accompaniment of a David Holmes score dominated by

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As Maple Glider, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Tori Zietsch makes viscerally intimate, hypnotic folk music that attempts to find meaning in a world of emotional extremes. Written largely while Zietsch was staying in Brighton after a period of traveling in Europe and Asia, her stunning debut album, To Enjoy Is the Only Thing – released on June

The character actor comes into full bloom as a fearsome pimp in the movie inspired by a Twitter thread. By Jordan Coley June 30, 2021 Colman Domingo in Zola, 2020. Courtesy of A24 Colman Domingo thinks A’Ziah King is Homer. “She’s a modern day classical writer,” he submits from a sunny corner of the Bowery Hotel

Hot Chip frontman Alexis Taylor has announced his sixth solo album: Silence comes out September 17 via AWAL. It’s led by the new single ‘Dying In Heaven’, which arrives with an accompanying video directed by Brian DeRan. Check it out below and scroll down for the LP’s cover artwork (by Brain DeGraw) and tracklist. “Over

Rico Nasty has released a new song called ‘Magic’. It’s the first single from her forthcoming mixtape Rx, which is set for release this year via Atlantic. The track was written by Rico Nasty, Vincent van den Ende, Ramon Ginton, Amit Nagra, and Romano Wijnstein and features production from Avedon, Ginton, Alter Ego, and Mano.

A visual history of the Fast series’ commitment to baring arms. By Roxana Hadadi June 29, 2021 The Fast & Furious franchise is about three things. The first two are obvious: family, and American muscle. The third emerges over the course of nine films and 20 years: sleevelessness. No other movies invite you to the

Learning institutions often provide their students with the possibility to discover their identity and interests. Professors give you tools to succeed in most of your studies. All you have to do is to be attentive and look for opportunities. Your studies shape your future, so many people put value in their education.  At the same